Squirmin' for Yermin

My assuption and prediction will be that pitching is slow this year waiting for Cole and Strasburg to sign and set the market... So I will predict our first move is trading for Nomar Mazara...

true, very true.. I could also see this as realistic given out front office history

My golly I would hate that offseason

You're an idiot.

The better Calhoun... Willie Calhoun.. OF/DH for the Rangers.

If his number get's retired it makes us the most retarded organization ever... (if we arent already)

Calhoun would be an absolutely outstanding target.. RF/DH option. LH. Great bat, and young. I LOOOOVE his bat

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That's what we were saying about Arenado too... And Blackmon.. It's rare that a player of their caliber actually makes it to free agency. That's why the Harper and Machado fiasco took place... It just doesn't simply happen.

Didn't they get rid of that rule? If not... my goodness lol

So where did we wind up?

I certainly would not put Bumgarner in a tier above Wheeler and Keuchel and this point in his career. . But I also see almost 0 chance bumgarner leaves the NL... He likes to hit too much

probably due to his contract demands... relatively low risk, but high reward. He is the perfect guy we should sign as our SECOND starting pitcher addition. Can go between bullpen and starting seemlessly should we need him to since he has done that in the past

Man Joc Pederson appears to be a good fit still. Even though he has 1 year left he isn't a difficult extension candidate. I am predicting the official offseason of: JD Martinez (5 years, 100 million) Zach Wheeler (5 years, 95 million) Joc Pederson (trade), try to extend. Alex Wood (1 year, 8 million, with incentives to get to 12 million) Resign Abreu to a 1 year, 14 million dollar deal with an option of 15 million for a 2nd year. One bullpen arm > 6mil per year. Obviously I'd love one of the two stud SP on the market.. But this would be a fantastic, and more realistic offseason imo

but.... what if Collins is already worthless.........................

Yeah he will be the next 300 million player.. For sure more than Machado and if I were a betting man, I would say more than Harper

except that they rarely actually make it all the way to FA without an extension......

I absolutely would love to trade for one of the Mets guys (Conforto or Nimmo).. I also would LOVE Abreu to not be 1B and move to DH, or get someone else.... What about trying to sign Moustakas as a 2B/1B?? Have him play 2B until Madrigal comes back up and then move him over to 1B.. He played 2B this year 50 or so games and was serviceable. He could also spell Moncada at 3B when Moncada needs rest. PLUS HE'S A LEFTY! I'm starting to like this idea the more I think about it......

Almost every single team would take a mulligan on their first two picks.... That's the beauty of hindsight..

I would love a guy like Seth Beer.. Not a top 100 and may not be ever due to his bad defense, however he has a top 50 bat no doubt... But man the dude can stick. As I said earlier, a move like this could open up the draft possibilies and make it easier to select a prep SS rather than Vaughn

The Astros have been the team all along who have needed Abreu for the past 3 years.... Abreu for Seth Beer who says no? This could allow us to also take one of the prep SS in the draft and pass on Vaughn

It's bad for winning baseball.

I expect him to be around 10-15 at the mid-season list and 1-5 by the time the offseason list comes out.

The Sox have a better chance of finishing with the worst record in the league (good chance) than they do of winning 75+ games... wtf are you talking about you think we will make the playoffs lol

This is the best idea yet hahahah